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How to Remake/Remodel a Fashion Icon

On the first day of Milan Fashion Week, Kim Jones, Glenn Martens and Fausto Puglisi offer different strategies for future-proofing, writes Tim Blanks.
Models walk the runway for Fendi Autumn/Winter 2023.
Models walk the runway for Fendi Autumn/Winter 2023. (Indigital)

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Tim Blanks is Editor-at-Large at The Business of Fashion. He is based in London and covers designers, fashion weeks and fashion’s creative class.

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